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[Steven Clift’s Notes - Democracies Online] Congrats Peter, Stephen, et al. Those interested in both the practical side of e-consultation and e-democracy research exchange, are reminded to join the online groups on those subjects - I certainly expect updates from this initiative to be shared there: www.dowire.org (see top right column under Groups) Also see the UAlbany’s Center for Technology in Government Announces Selection of Four International Working Groups on Digital Government Research press release. From: Peter Shane INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL DEMOCRACY WORKING GROUP CHOSEN FOR NSF-FUNDED SUPPORT An NSF-funded initiative to “build and sustain an international digital government research community of practice” has agreed to provide support for an international “digital democracy” research group to be co-chaired by Peter M. Shane, the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law at Ohio State University, and Stephen Coleman, Professor of Political Communication at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of...

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